Authority citation: Gray, J.E. 1837-11-01. Descriptions of some new or little known Mammàlia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of Natural History (n.s.)1(11):577-587.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268175
Original name as described: Sciuroptera fimbriata
Nominal names: fimbriatus (J. E. Gray, 1837) | baberi (E. Blyth, 1847)
Other common names: Small Kashmir Flying Squirrel
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Sciuridae -- Subfamily: Sciurinae -- Tribe: Pteromyini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1937.6.10.55
Type locality: "India." Restricted by H. C. Robinson and C. B. Kloss in 1918 to Western Himalayas and by J. R. Ellerman and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott in 1955 to Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Afghanistan (AFG) | Pakistan (PAK) | India (IND)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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